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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Concentric  \Con*cen"tric\,  Concentrical  \Con*cen"tric*al\,  a. 
  [F.  concentrique  See  {Concenter}.] 
  Having  a  common  center,  as  circles  of  different  size,  one 
  within  another. 
 
  Concentric  circles  upon  the  surface  of  the  water.  --Sir 
  I.  Newton. 
 
  Concentrical  rings  like  those  of  an  onion.  --Arbuthnot. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Concentric  \Con*cen"tric\,  n. 
  That  which  has  a  common  center  with  something  else. 
 
  Its  pecular  relations  to  its  concentrics.  --Coleridge. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  concentric 
  adj  :  having  a  common  center;  "concentric  rings"  [syn:  {concentrical}, 
  {homocentric}]  [ant:  {eccentric}] 




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